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   Greg Goss wrote:   
      
   > Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy  wrote:   
   >   
   > > To the best of my knowledge, it's not actually illegal, but a   
   > > surcharge for using a credit card is prohibited by the merchant   
   > > agreement. In recent years, however, that has been interpreted as   
   > > saying that a discout for using cash is not prohibited (and is   
   > > becoming quite common at gas stations, and I've seen it other   
   > > places, too).   
   >   
   > Around here, that was becoming common in the early nineties, then   
   > abruptly stopped.  I thought that the contracts were amended to   
   > prevent it.   
      
   I think that as part of the recent settlement, surcharges are now   
   allowed as long as state law permits it. As noted, discounts were   
   permitted in the past.   
      
      
      
   Brian   
      
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